Cian Lynch: All-Ireland title made sacrifice all worthwhile

Lynch says that Limerick are keen to push on from their All-Ireland winJAMES CROMBIE/INPHO

At times over the last year Cian Lynch had looked like a player running low on energy.

Still just 21, the Limerick hurling phenomenon was already in his third senior season when he sat down to chat about the bigger picture and the demands on elite amateur players.

This was August 2017. He was also a key player with the Limerick Under-21 team at the time, winning an underage All-Ireland just a few weeks later, as well as being a key figure in his Fitzgibbon Cup team, Mary Immaculate College.

“It’s gone very serious,” Lynch said at the time. “You’re training six days a week. I’m 21 years of age, you’re forgetting that you are actually still in college, you need to be able to…

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